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"Angel of Death" (Slayer song)[edit]

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The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 7, 2016 by — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:39, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"Angel of Death" is the opening track on Reign in Blood, an album by American thrash metal band Slayer released in 1986. It is the longest track on the album and features more conventional song structure, unlike the other songs that were much shorter and eschewed the verse-chorus structure. The music and lyrics were written by guitarist Jeff Hanneman and were inspired by Nazi physician Josef Mengele, who conducted human experiments at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. The song had the band facing accusations of Nazi sympathizing and racism throughout its career. Despite its controversy, "Angel of Death" is featured on all of Slayer's live albums and DVDs and has appeared on several movie soundtracks. Although "Angel of Death" did not chart, it received strong praise from critics who reviewed the album. (Full article...)

Most recent similar article(s): Christ Illusion on August 8, 2016
Main editors: M3tal H3ad
Promoted: March 26, 2007
Reasons for nomination: Next month is the 30th anniversary of Reign in Blood and since this is the opening song of the album, I thought it would be nice to honor the occasion.
Support as nominator. Retrohead (talk) 12:01, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support as a lapsed, early Slayer project member. This is a very significant and influential track; it would be hard to overstate its importance in the development of metal, as is well explained here. Seminal would be an apt description. Its speed metal more than "trash", but whatever. I now realise I was involved in the years ago promotion. Ceoil (talk) 20:20, 18 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support I'll take Ceoil's word on this... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:12, 20 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]